I am a stay-at-home mom. That means I don't get a paycheck to contribute to our family's finances. However, I do have a few ways I add a little bit to our budget.
I use Swagbucks to earn Amazon gift cards, which I use to buy diapers or baby wipes, plus occasional "fun" items, like House dvds or toy cars for birthdays. Swagbucks is a search engine like Google, which rewards you randomly for your regular searching, plus offering additional opportunities to earn with various activities on the site (surveys, bonus codes, special offers, polls, etc.). I make anywhere from $10-$25 a month in Amazon gift cards from this site.
Two easy sites to earn a few points on are MyPoints and RewardPort. While both of these sites offer other ways to earn (which I don't do), the easiest way to get money from them is click-through e-mails. Each e-mail offers you a few points just for clicking the link in it. I usually get enough points per year from MyPoints to get two $10 gift cards to various stores or restaurants, and enough points from RewardPort for about $20 in Amazon codes. These are slower to earn, but the e-mails are pretty consistent, and it doesn't take much time to click through the e-mails once a week or so.
Finally, my newest favorite way to earn is through Jingit. This is a site that pays you for watching a few short ads and answering questions about them. I check this site every day, which posts the links for the videos of the day. For spending less than 5 minutes a day watching ads, I earn $20-$25 a month, which I can load onto my Jingit debit card and use to shop anywhere.
While all of these little bits of income are not going to make us rich, they do help supplement our grocery budget, or give us a little bit of fun money. None of them takes much work, and I like knowing that I can contribute to our finances, even if it is just a little bit.
Some of the links in this post are my referral links.
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